Final Film Analysis Paper<\/p>\n
The Task:<\/p>\n
Although this assignment is called Film Analysis Paper, it is primarily an academic paper outline that is designed to assist you in organizing your thoughts, writing, and analysis as it applies to TWO films of your choice that we have covered in Cinema 201.<\/p>\n
You are required to write a 2 \u2013 3-page informative outline that compares the two films. You are required to use at least ONE of Barthes\u2019 \u201cnarrative codes\u201d to analyze both films (i.e., Symbolic, Enigma, Action, etc.), as well as a minimum of TEN terms derived from the course. The terms you choose should also be used accurately, demonstrating an understanding of the terms.<\/p>\n
Additionally, a properly-formatted bibliography of a minimum of three academic sources needs to accompany your outline (Open-sourced sites such as Wikipedia are not academic sources.) You may want to consult with the writing center on help with sources.) Writing center link here:<\/p>\n
https:\/\/www.shoreline.edu\/twls\/<\/a><\/p>\n Note: One of the three academic sources can be one of the texts read for class. These sources need to be cited within the outline with a proper MLA citation.* For information on MLA citations use the following link:<\/p>\n https:\/\/owl.english.purdue.edu\/owl\/resource\/747\/01\/<\/a><\/p>\n Format: The paper outline should be written in 12-point, Times New Roman font, single spaced.<\/p>\n The Outline:<\/p>\n After choosing the two films you wish to analyze, consider which one of the narrative codes will best be suited to the analysis you wish to do.<\/p>\n Are you primarily interested in the series of \u201cmysteries\u201d that unfold within the film?<\/p>\n<\/li>\n Are you more interested how certain elements of the action reveal a deeper meaning?<\/p>\n<\/li>\n Can the film be read through the analysis of competing forces, binaries, or \u201cantitheses\u201d?<\/p>\n<\/li>\n Consider carefully which of the narrative codes you will use.<\/p>\n Your paper should include a full opening and closing paragraph that identifies both films, the narrative code\/s you will be using, and the main reasons that you feel these two films can be analyzed together. Your closing paragraph should include your conclusions. Note: always make sure to italicize the film\u2019s title (i.e., A Trip to the Moon).<\/p>\n NOTE: You may want to write your opening and closing paragraphs after you have completed the overall outline.<\/p>\n Organize your analysis into topics. Imagine that each topic is an individual paragraph for the paper, and write a couple of sentences to introduce each \u201cparagraph\u201d of the outline. These<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n <\/p>\n Cinema 201 – Goodson<\/p>\n paragraphs could center on topics such as Characters, Mise-en-sc\u00e8ne, Camera Techniques, Narrative Structure, Mood, etc. Proceed to bullet point your \u201cparagraphs\u201d with concepts connected to the paragraph\u2019s topic.<\/p>\n For example: (course terms and citations in red)<\/p>\n (Topic Sentence) The mise-en-sc\u00e8ne of George M\u00e9li\u00e8s\u2019 A Trip to the Moon is visually fascinating, but is also very simple compared to how films are made today. The simplicity of his techniques are shown in a variety of ways.<\/p>\n The alien costumes are interesting \u2013 But it\u2019s clearly just an actor.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n The camera remains in one place during the entire film \u2013 Feels flat, like watching<\/p>\n a play. Very little Depth of Field.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n The sets seem very Two-Dimensional \u2013 Just flat drawings.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n The director uses lots of smoke effects to make the simple tricks more exciting.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n The lighting remains very static \u2013 No changes in light.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n M\u00e9li\u00e8s loves to make character\u2019s \u201cdisappear\u201d by stopping the camera. He was a<\/p>\n magician by trade, who \u201cgave the cinema the tools of fantasy, illusion, and distortion\u201d (Mast 31).*<\/p>\n (Topic) The characters in A Trip to the Moon are often hard to identify with. It seems that M\u00e9li\u00e8s\u2019 film is not about psychologically \u201creal\u201d characters, thus their actions tends to reveal little deeper meaning.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n There is no use of close-ups \u2013 can\u2019t see the characters\u2019 faces \/ thoughts.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n There is no \u201ccentral\u201d character. It\u2019s more about the special effects.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n The acting seems very over-the-top \u2013 not realistic acting.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n The alien characters are interesting visually \u2013 But why do they just explode when<\/p>\n hit? This is unexplained.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n Lots of group shots \u2013 hard to focus on one character\u2019s action.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n But, the final action of bringing out the French flag shows that the moon<\/p>\n journey a victory for the entire country.<\/p>\n Note: It may help in organizing your comparison if you choose to analyze the same topics within each film.<\/p>\n Things to consider in the outline: How are the two films different? How are they similar? What era of film-making are they from? From what culture did the films come from? Did they have a specific impact on cinema as a whole? What might have been the director\u2019s intention? Was the director inspired by certain historical events (example: the depression in Germany in the 1920s that influenced Expressionism).<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n <\/p>\n Cinema 201 – Goodson<\/p>\n Rubric:<\/p>\n 140 \u2013 150 points<\/p>\n Excellent organization of ideas, clear and accurate use of film terms, clearly-written opening and closing paragraphs, citations clear and paper properly formatted.<\/p>\n 130 \u2013 140 points<\/p>\n Clear organization, proper use of film terms, clearly written opening and closing paragraphs, citations unclear and\/or improperly formatted.<\/p>\n 120 \u2013 130 points<\/p>\n Clear organization, proper use of film terms, reasonably clear opening and closing paragraphs, citations unclear and\/or improperly formatted.<\/p>\n 110 \u2013 120 points<\/p>\n Relatively clear organization, flawed use of film terms, weak control of sentence structure in opening and closing paragraphs, citations improperly formatted.<\/p>\n 100 \u2013 120 points<\/p>\n Reasonably clear organization, flawed used of film terms, weak control of sentence structure, missing citations.<\/p>\n 90 \u2013 100 points<\/p>\n Unclear organization, fundamental writing flaws in opening and closing paragraphs (multiple errors), flawed and\/or minimal use of film terms, missing citations, improperly formatted.<\/p>\n 80 \u2013 90 points<\/p>\n Unclear organization, fundamental and pervasive flaws in writing, minimal and improper use of film terms, no citations, improperly formatted.<\/p>\n 70 \u2013 80 points<\/p>\n Extremely poor organization, no use of film terms, improperly formatted, no citations. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Final Film Analysis Paper The Task: Although this assignment is called Film Analysis Paper, it is primarily an academic paper outline that is designed to assist you in organizing your thoughts, writing, and analysis as it applies to TWO films of your Read More …<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-51701","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.benedictsol.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51701","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.benedictsol.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.benedictsol.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.benedictsol.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.benedictsol.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=51701"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.benedictsol.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51701\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.benedictsol.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=51701"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.benedictsol.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=51701"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.benedictsol.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=51701"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\n
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